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On brown and black skin, lichen planus can look gray or brown rather than red or violet, and …
Jock itch on brown and dark skin usually looks brown, gray or purple, not the red patch in …
Cold sores come from HSV-1, a virus most Black adults carry. Here is how they look on brown …
The American Academy of Dermatology says seborrheic dermatitis, the condition behind most dandruff, flares most in winter and …
If your mammogram letter says your breast tissue is dense, read the line about your result first. Dense …
Black Americans rarely get melanoma. When they do, they are far more likely to die of it, and …
Medicare pays for hospice in full, and Black families use it far less than white families. Some of …
About two thirds of Black adults carry a genetic variant that produces a lower neutrophil count with no …
Medicare rates every certified nursing home from one to five stars, and the rating is worth reading. It …
Federal law funds clinics that must treat you whether or not you can pay, and Medicaid cannot be …
Florida, North Carolina, Texas and Louisiana let you get medication early or without your doctor once a storm …
You can ask for a Black doctor in a hospital, through your insurance, on Medicaid or Medicare, at …
The AIDS Drug Assistance Program pays for HIV medication, and in most states insurance premiums and copays too, …
A PSA under 4.0 is not a clean result. Cancer turns up at every PSA level, so the …
Most children with sickle cell disease now reach adulthood, and the deaths have moved to the years right …
Black women have the highest death rate from breast cancer of any racial or ethnic group in the …
Cost is one of the most common reasons people put off STD testing, and it’s the most fixable …
Warm compresses help a boil drain. Squeezing spreads the infection deeper. And when boils keep returning to the …
Community health centers charge based on what you earn and cannot turn you away for inability to pay. …
Colorectal cancer screening starts at age 45, and the disease is the third leading cause of cancer death …
There is no national price for an eye exam, and the cheapest option is usually the wrong one. …
Urgent care chains that post self-pay rates charge $175 to $180 for a standard visit. The emergency room …
Thick, crumbly, discolored toenails usually mean a fungal infection, and the treatment with the best evidence is a …
Your kidney health lives in three lab values: creatinine, eGFR, and uACR. Here is what each number means, …
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